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[email protected] a Pdf version of this publication is on our website: www.optimists-alumni.org fEBrUary 2011 kitchener rehearsal IN THIS ISSUE HE OPTIMISTS ALUMNI began 2011 with The Northstar Colours kITCHENEr rEHEarSal T at a joint rehearsal held at the Northstar Studios in Kitchener. It was great to get together and play again after the Christmas break. PEOPlE NEWS And we started learning our first new number, Temptation! This is New Members and Associate Members a challenging re-interpretation of a number that Toronto Optimists played back in the late 1960s. PErfOrmaNCES Santa Claus Parades are a lot of fun… and cold! dO yOU SEE yOUrSElf? alUmNI HOlIday ParTy WE rEmEmBEr Richard (Dick) Brown, Frank Rivier. OvErHEard IN THE drUmlINE OOOOOOOPS! GUyS aNd THEIr CarS By cub reporter “Crash” Hennings 2011 maNaGEmENT TEam Who’s who. Music Instructor Dave MacKinnon leading the horn line. dO yOU kNOW? PErfOrmaNCE SCHEdUlE lET’S HEar frOm yOU Optimists Alumni Director Bill Kane (left) and L to R. Paul Blanchard, Sam Grosvenor Doug Darwin, a Director of Northstar and and Brian Adam. Optimists Alumni . L to R. Rudimental bass drummers, John Giblin, Carol Munro and Karen Bosworth. Vern Johansson, Show Committee Chairman, presents an overview of the 2011 field show. Front: l to r, Roger Rafson and L to R. Joe Gianna, Richard Lang, Terry L to R. John Malcolm, Cindy Tracey, Mac Klimasko. Sweeney, William Porquet and Jeff Greig. Mac Klimasko and George Anthony.